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Forget blood transfusions, the fountain of youth could be closer to hand

18-Jan-2017

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Attempts have been made to rejuvenate the body by transfusing old people with young blood.

Recent research suggests that the effectg is likely due to the dilution of pro-aging factors present in the old blood.

UC Berkeley are now working on a device that can filter out high levels of pro-aging signals – could be immediately therapeutic.

Hoping to start clinical trials in six months and have results in three years.

Stanford University have identified a protein that is causing some of the damage

Amount of a protein called VCAM1 in the blood increases with age.

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Hanadie Yousef

Co-founder and CEO of Juvena Therapeutics

Irina Conboy

Professor of Bioengineering at Berkeley University of California.

Stanford University

Private research university, one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions

University of California, Berkeley

Public land-grant research university

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